Strategic Partners

The Photonics Cluster (UK) have developed some strategic links with other important cluster facilities within the West Midlands.


Advantage West Midlands


Advantage West Midlands are the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for the West Midlands, the Region at the heart of the UK. It comprises the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire; the three unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford & Wrekin; and the seven metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.


West Midlands ICT Cluster


To develop a self-directing and mutually supporting cluster of businesses and other partners,which brings measurable competitive advantage to our ICT industry and wider economic benefits for the West Midlands region. WMICT Cluster Website


Cercia


Aims to exploit various computational intelligence (CI) techniques for industry, business and government organisations. Cercia website


iCentrum


The iCentrum project provides information on new and emerging technologies, testing laboratories and a range of other facilities, to help small to medium IT and communication companies grow. iCentrum website


Initiative


Offers, via its Initiative team, impartial expertise on any aspect of IT and how to optimise its use in business. Initiative website


Open Advantage


Open Advantage provides a Centre of Excellence in open source software. Offering a complete range of services; from an introduction to open source software to, helping clients develop their own bespoke and niche solutions. Open Advantage website



Assist Program



Assist Program website




West Midlands IT Association


The West Midlands IT Association (WMita) has been established as the private sector organisation responsible for the development of a credible and thriving IT industry within the West Midlands. WMITA website


Institute Of Physics Publishing

Institute of Physics Publishing is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to science communication. It is one of the largest and most dynamic publishers of international journals, magazines and electronic media for physics and physics-based industries.

Its magazines and industry websites focus on specific technical areas and are leaders in their fields for both readers and advertisers. They include the magazines Opto & Laser Europe, FibreSystems Europe in association with Lightwave Europe, Compound Semiconductor, Wireless Europe, The Fuel Cell Review and Physics World; and the websites optics.org, ledsmagazine, compoundsemiconductor.net, fibers.org, wirelessweb and physicsweb.

Increasingly, Institute of Physics Publishing is involved in providing its various industry communities with other means to access information, with technology reports, conferences and exhibitions. It also offers a contract publishing service.

It is an integral part of the Institute of Physics. The Institute is a leading international professional body and learned society, established to promote the advancement and dissemination of physics, pure and applied. With offices in Bristol, Philadelphia, Munich, St Petersburg, Moscow and Beijing, Institute of Physics Publishing has a truly global reach, with successful relationships with an ever-growing number of society, institution and business partners. Institute Of Physics Website